Madeleine has a song in her beginning piano book entitled "Money Can't Buy Everything." She comes from a privileged upper middle-class home. She asks me what this song means, and I decide to take the opportunity to teach some non-musical values. I give her an assignment for the following week: Write down 10 things money can't buy. She looks confused, but she doesn't argue.
The next week she returns with a poem she has written:
Money can't make you a cat,
Money can't make you a bat,
Money can't make you a rose,
Money can't tickle your toes.
Money can't make you a bear,
Money can't buy you real hair,
Money can't make you a bag,
Money can't make you sag.
Money can't make you a cat,
So how about that!
You will forgive me, I'm sure, for overlooking the fact that there are only 8 items instead of 10.
